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So I’ve been banging the drum for in-person events all week and remain keen that you all bookmark and share the Big List of Recruiting / HR Events to Attend in 2023/2024.

A bit of fun on last week’s poll - all of the below events are fantastic - but we have a winner from the sample who voted…

Thank you all for voting. Remember, I poll the community every week in work related topics. Scroll to the end of the newsletter and cast your opinion.

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep229 - Recruiter Use Cases for ChatGPT, Part 4, Friday 27th October, 2pm GMT

It’s been 6 months since the last episode of this series, so obviously a lot has happened since then in the world of Generative AI. Do we have some new use cases which can be applied to recruiting? We’re bringing in some experts who say there are. Must attend folks so register here

The Brainfood

1. The Most Important Recruiting Metric You’ve Never Heard Of: Time to Alignment

Brainfooder John Vlastelica is one of the smartest thinker-doers in the business today. I hope he continues to produce and publish observations like this - always makes you think about the hidden or under discussed problems with recruitment. Are you measuring Time-To-Alignmnet (TTA)? Maybe we should.

RECRUITMENT OPERATIONS

2. Appcast’s Global Labor Markets Dashboard

Recruitonomics, the data analytics spin off from programmatic advertiser Appcast, have produced an excellent overview of the labour market supply / demand conditions in US, UK and Germany. The labour market remains ‘tight’ in US and Germany where vacancies outstrip available (or willing) labour to fill them. Hence interest rate hikes.

ECONOMY

3. Talent Sourcing Strategy Template

Useful looking template from brainfooder Ivan Harrison. Most of us have likely never seen something like this, but a quick scan tells us immediately how it might be valuable in ensuring we cover all the significant aspects at the start of a recruiting project. Access it here

SOURCING

4. People LATAM Report 2023

With Talent Acquisition Summit in Bogota less than 12 days, this report on the state of TA / HR in LATAM is a timely read. Learn about how employers are thinking about remote work, 4 day week, AI & RPA and the rest. H/T to brainfooder Caio Torres for the share. NB: special midweek ‘How To Hire in LATAM’ on Weds 1st Nov from Bogota - register here.

ECONOMY

5. Generative AI Legal Explainer

Legislation governing how Artificial Intelligence can be used is percolating throughout jurisdictions across the world. As we discussed in Brainfood Live last Friday, nobody is really on top of it, but the clock is ticking for us to understand what the compliance obligations are going to look like. This is one of the most useful looking resources I have seen to date - an updating database of legal cases, organised via core compliance concepts. Must read

AI

6. The Future of How We Work at Roblox

Another week, another prestige digital company calls its employees back to the office. Here is David Bazsuki, CEO, Roblox announcement, which I felt was well argued and communicated and perhaps a useful template on how to do it if you’re going to do it. Meanwhile, dating app Grindr, who had a rather more brusque approach earlier this summer, now see attrition due to RTO as an opportunity to hire.

REMOTE WORKING

7. Three Approaches to Location based Pay

These approaches are: Fully localised, Location tiered and Location agnostic. Useful post by compensation tech firm Ravio, who present the pros and cons of each case, none of which btw fully solve the problem of peripatetic employees who move across locations.

CULTURE

8. The Babble Hypothesis Shows Key Factor to Becoming a Leader

Reminded of a really important talk by brainfooder Glen Cathey at Recfest USA - on the ‘extravert’ advantage, especially when it comes to career progression. Seems like there is some decent science behind it, which would be amusing if it wasn’t so unjust. Introducing the ‘Babble Hypothesis’ of leadership - turns out we are simply hard wired to follow those who dominate the chat. Implications for recruiting? Plenty.

D&I

9. There’s Surprisingly Little Evidence That EVs Will Require Fewer Workers

The argument is this: NEV’s are much simpler vehicles to make, with far less components compared to ICE vehicles. Coupled with lower maintenance / upgrade costs, this should mean less workers per car made. This post suggests that the opposite effect may occur, if you take into account all the activities required to make a battery. Strangely thrilling read.

SOCIETY

10. Smooth Skin, White Teeth…

Google Meet finally roll out ‘touch up’ tech in their video app, including smoothening of the skin and whitening of the teeth. I’m sure a lot of us will toggle this to ‘on’ and make ourselves look better for others on camera, especially as we know that how your video appears to others can shape others first impression. But I remain disquieted by this direction of travel - is it a good thing that we look good all the time? What happens when reality inevitably disappoints? Might become a D&I issue; it is already an assessment issue.

ASSESSMENT

The Podcasts

11. Are We Becoming Afraid of Speaking on the Phone?

Confession: I’ve actually been ‘afraid’ of this for some time, which sound strange for a guy whose had multi-decade experience working in recruiting 🤣. There’s no question we are trending away from the phone, especially younger generations entering the workforce. SMS / WhatsApp becoming the default method of interaction, before jumping into synch video or in-person. Fun podcast from BBC Woman’s Hour.

ENGAGEMENT

12. The Complexity of Talent Acquisition

Wonderful interview with brainfooder Lisa Scales, who described the challenges of hiring for one of the unique institutions in the UK, the Royal Mail. This is the sort of in-depth, insightful exchange which makes The Recruiting Future Podcast one of the best in the business. Have a listen here

CULTURE

13. Are Two CEO’s Better Than One?

Of 2000+ public companies, only 92 had the Co-CEO format. Why is this and…should we have more? Fascinating conversation debating the pros and cons of CEO-pair structure, using the analogy of the family - and the model of the family business - to make the case. Includes fascinating interview with one half of perhaps the most famous Co-CEO pair, Jim Balsillie at Research In Motion. There is of course also the ‘No-CEO’ model, perhaps that will win in the end…

FUTURE OF WORK

End Notes

So we’re heading into Q4 and before you know it is going to be end of the year. I’m going to be putting together two series to complete 2023 - a year in review, and the also a forecast for the year ahead. It’s going to be a ton of work and I might need to lean on you for some of it, but I feel that somebody should summarise what the hell has been happening in TA / HR this year because it’s impossible to keep track of otherwise 🤣.

In the meantime, I can’t stop thinking about the ethical dilemma of ‘touch up’ tech. It’s trivial now but I wonder what happens when we are all perfect online - will reality become a jarring disappointment? Lets see what you think on this one…

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